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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- MoorsoP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Corinna Schleiffer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- Patrick Mackie, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Malcolm Neal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inishowen Maritime MemorialMonument · 2 ydExplorer Tom Inishowen Maritime Memorial has a bronze sphere beside Greencastle Harbour and plaques naming people lost at sea. About 100 died in the storm of 1771 alone. I usually come up with a silly question, but here I want to stop and read the names.
Inishowen Maritime Museum and PlanetariumCustoms station, barracks · 45 ydExplorer Tom Inishowen Maritime Museum and Planetarium had a guy called Mark McCausland checking the tides back in 1846. I bet he kept looking up at the sky to make sure the moon was actually pulling the water, or maybe it was just a very dramatic Tuesday.
GreencastleCastle · 784 ydExplorer Tom Greencastle was built in 1305 to hold down the North West. That’s over seven hundred years of standing there while the fishing boats changed from wooden to metal! I bet it’s still listening for the clank of old swords.
Greencastle / Northburgh CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 788 ydExplorer Tom Greencastle / Northburgh Castle was built by the Red Earl in 1305 to guard the shore, and it’s still standing tall on its rocky perch. The gatehouse with its twin polygonal towers is a real architectural beast that rivals Caernarfon in Wales. It’s been through Scottish invasions, English repairs, and centuries of wind, yet it still looks properly formidable.
Habitation site in Eleven BallyboesHabitation site · 1379 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.Explorer Tom Habitation site in Eleven Ballyboes is where twenty-four worked flints were found in 2019 while digging a trench for an irrigation pipe. It’s funny how a simple plumbing job at a golf course can stumble upon a whole prehistoric toolkit, just lying there waiting to be noticed.
Midden in Eleven BallyboesMidden · 1443 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.Explorer Tom Midden in Eleven Ballyboes sits right where the sea has been slowly stripping a prehistoric settlement down to its bones. You’ll find Earlier Mesolithic flakes scattered across this intertidal zone, probably spilling out from a palaeo-landscape that vanished under Lough Foyle’s waters.
CrockaulinMountain / peak · 1.8 miExplorer Tom Crockaulin offers a lonely triangulation pillar that stares down at Greencastle from a dizzying height. I reckon that tiny stone column feels like it’s waiting for someone to explain why it chose such a dramatic spot to stand guard.
White StrandBeach / strand · 2.0 miExplorer Tom White Strand near Dunagree Point is exactly what it sounds like: white sand and zero chill. It's got a certain ethereal vibe that might just be me being tired. Go before the tourists find out.
Michael John's PubPub · 2.2 miExplorer Tom Michael John’s Pub has two first names, so it’s basically a committee. Ask Michael who John is. He’ll probably say he’s his brother. Suspicious.
The Cosy CottageCafé · 2.3 miExplorer Tom The Cosy Cottage in Moville probably has sandwiches that are actually small houses for tiny people. I’d bet they serve tea so hot it can melt plastic spoons instantly.
Children's playground2.3 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.Explorer Tom Children's playground in County Donegal is where I felt like royalty until I saw the price of a coffee. Dress up, act confused, nobody checks your credentials there. Pretend you're a lost aristocrat, nobody will check.
StrooveOfficial bathing water · 2.8 miExplorer Tom Stroove Beach has two lighthouses for neighbours, which is a lot of competition for a small shore. The sand is the reason for this stop, not the towers. I might ask the towers to mind my place while I take my litter home, as Donegal tourism asks visitors to do.
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